Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-29

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aneea HIkad e1ne eans len e freis.
years aRD ! uo1ia hass sea aaany uss.s
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np!ls g t1e go ] sntsaEoEsd % 81 s
c.oeE eEic1 belcngst 70 ny ezzn6.
motnel. bnt 4 va1 u - roa1sszion e
wealthy renlle1an, Wao 80 ahacni =
h4rePe, md ee1ld nc4 nesaKs &.
irle4 = ~ bold q sems booka ny
mother ha4 uhan ! Wns 4 child. Ia
.leE apH@2entlf wEge al dasinoraf,
One that desired mozl vas : pesvef
oook, VITA p14Tof Ter 6aeh day ID he
week. ~ mctheg was very pioas
woman, nud w14n 8 thzndsF Store
came up she wQ1ld take down lhia
pKAyEK book ana eUmmsncn nnadinn.
iiks 10 u chinhsns ana
HEHE BzngECxLx MAHK
As LONG a. me rad from the psayas
book. There waa ano&hef valnrua /
lFied hard 20 and. l nernenher Il had
platurs a. Che devil IN 4, ana ere.
esnted he Satanic majesty With 6 Knot
IN bis tail and eloFun hoofs. purina
my inquiries for these books 4 relative
Of mine said Whist Do yuu want q
year mothers Old booksf They were
pFinted ID German and goo cannot
rad lhem. / wanted them. iust the
same. but could nut hnd thazn. Yen
ask ne for history 81 my tragela. I
vill NOS attempt % rive yea q detailed
hiEfory. bus Ealher ghe ineldenls ns shsV
oeoarIed Whil1l az1onQ ny old friends
end ecquainta1ces 81 LeifsE1bnFR. BE-
NM IErxEn
70 the middle u my name vas Given
me ID homer Of Gfundfafhsr Lester.
Who laid out this cry Of bills 10 1917.
at afnereastIe ! Visited several DAYS
With O. w. Nioelef, enc 81 my earliest
boybo0d acquaintanoea, q better man
than whom ] never knew. We talked
over fncidsnts Of over sixty years ago
things We had NOT fh0uehi Of since
ihey secured. IL uaa very amusing 30 /
both Of us, as each alternately drew i
from the sloEehouse Of bis memory |
those little oooaHonecg which we're 50 4
pleaslua 20 as then, and nane TIE less
eniopahio nov. From Greenoasiis I |
vent 20 Waynesbor0uRh 10 see the man 1
who served his apprenticeship when I /
aid. told him Of seine Of our boyish |
irinka. but be c0uld NOS enjoy Joke. /
Hia mind was too far gone. This made /
me very aad. as | expeetsd 10
HAVE A coon ruEm WIFE H1M.
Here visited man 81 years old for
when We had built house when was
40 apprentice. ] enjoyed hia company /
veFy much. His mind was clear, his
memory good, and be VAS - active 81. /
NEST AZ Dor. He was foil Of fun and /
jokes, aud bantsred me fOr . f0os RAGS,
1at she match was never made II i
corning back % GFseneastle 70 faeet
Mr.. Losman, 1 cems thFough Litars-
burg, saw many old land uarkB but no
pefaon ever knew. I fell q little like
old Rip Van Winkle. The improve
menta Of my native town, however, did
not astonish me a. the town Of Falling
water did him. The town, with few sx-
ceptlous, locks about a. when left it
lfty-f0uf years aQo. The moss impoE-
tant Improvement noted Was the re-
modelling Of the old Luthexn church,
both inside and out.
BUT HoT 90 WITH rus cousTa1.
TheHe great changes have taheB place.
Many Villages that carried on, IN my /
boyhood days, . tlouFishing business,
have gone % rack and ruin. will only
tell you Of one. This place vas on the
Antietsm Fivef, and consisted 81 stone
QFiai mill. one dwelling house, tanneFy.
saw mill, blnaksmiih shop and distiileFy.
There h nothing IN nee noW bat the
The inevitable, bat | REILLY felt sad
my younger days afforded me 80 much
pleasure. Tha dam over which The water
roaFnd 90 constantly IL gone; the bead
race, where We used 10 swim ana catch
ash, ia dried 40; ehs feRests, 80 thick
aud numerous, have nearly ell been cut
down, and everything is painfully
changed. visited
xun SCHOOL noUaE.
Where l first attended school. TheFe
IL stood IN = hollow iass "a found Il 81
years ago, with The exception that there
q large stone chimney outside against
The end OF the baildiDR where the door
nsed 70 be. Itho1Ght Of the old long
writing deaka with Dat top eight inches
vide aud si0ping board on either aide
10 write on. TIE seats on which The
little tots st we're long slabs with two
holes IN each end with straight pieces Of
wood driven IN for legs. Toe school
house vas In dense wood, With trees
standing % thick that tie sunshine
-.s.... - a.. ksaff.Efn.s NuffN Il
benches, desks and dark surroundings
a il not astonishing that "a idea could
pensirato the oranium Of any Yoangsler
II suoh q school house, and especially
Whea behind She teachers desk sat an
Irish teacher with q large hazel rod
beside klm, and remember well be
knew how 10 usa Il. While locking on
lhis old school house many incidents
IoHR forgotten came 10 my mind.
TWILL RELATE oan On Two.
In our spelling exercises ws Gavs the
deeaision Of the word SPELLED. TIE
word "hos was given aut. Isaid "h o." |
an inseriectior. "Next." said the
leaeher. 'sH o-e," said the little fellow
next me, and after studying soms tlme.
AID, "A Welsh caFn huak.n This
hrouaht Aha hoass down, buk the teacher
said: THAT will DO, although . is
Dutah.r
When was an apprentice In 1897 Ne
hniig 4 house for q Wellto-do farmer
Who had . very spgiRhtiy red haired
eiri abaut rs years old. asoertained
her whereabouts and called on her.
She. her husband and grand daughter
vi 20 taking care Of the p1mpkin crop.
When made my hppeaFance the ladies
went into she barn. ! followed them
aud explained that ! vas looking for
sarah MentksE. q red haited giFi about
Is years old. The old lady declared she
was not there. bat / told her ! kneu
better, and We renewed car old aequasn-
lance. We had q pheasant tinaa review.
ing our early history. She urged me %
come again, With EuaFantee that she
would NOT run next time, or let pump
kins interfere. Across the Antietan,
az LiiersonFg, stands the
oEn HOUSE vHHnB I Vas BoHN.
ia Il q large l0R atrnciaFe. WsatheF-
boarded, and piassertd inside. With |
hrt,k frstnA ana 4 efunn II uNad for q !